Improvement in billiard-cue chalk-blocks



G A FAUTZ Billiard-Cue Chalk-Block.

No. 22l,164. Patented Nov. 4,1879.

liieisi: wzm/a N4 FETUS, P OTO-Ll l C CHARLES'A. FAUTZ, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 'ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JACOB HAUSSLING, OF SAME PLAGE:

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-CUE CHALK-BLOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,164, dated November 4, 1879 application filed I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FAU'IZ, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billiard-Chalk, which improvementis fully described in the following specification.

' My invention relates to an improvement upon billiard-cue chalkblocks and it consists in a special mode of combining with the chalk an abradin g material for refinishing the cue-tip when desired.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 are, respectively, top and bottom perspective'views" and a sectional view of one form of my invention. Fig. 4 is a plan of an alternative form for the same, and Fig. 5 a modification.

Fig. 1 representsa piece of chalk, A, ofcubical form,to the bottom and sides of which sandpaper B B is secured, bythe eof w hich the cue-tip can-be'relidily repaired when worn or bruised by use. Fig. 1 shows the exposed top of the chalk, formed with a concavity, O, adapted to fit the tip of the cue, and in Fig. 2 the sand-paper at the bottom B is shown formed with a similar depression, 0, the sides B beingflat for occasional use.

In Fig. 3 a section through'the center of the chalk shows the depressions O and O plainly, as well as the sandpaper B, its sides B in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 extending more than half-way up the sides of the chalk, to afford a firm hold to thefingers without their touching the chalk.

The advantage of this arrangement is very great, as sufficient chalk is exposed for ordinary use, and the block is much less likely to slip from the fingers when its surface is roughened by the application of the sand.

If desired, one or two of the sides B may be hollowed to fit the stem of the one, as shown at B in Fig. 4, and used to smooth the latter when worn or splintered.

When preferred, niytip-finisher may be made of cylindrical form, as shown in Fig. 5, and in either form it may have a number of layers of sand-paper fastened together in a pad at the bottom B, as shown in Fig. 3, the several see- April 4, 1879.

tions beiug'held together by glue at the edges and detached whenever they become useless. The square finisher has one advantage over the round onethat the different sides and bottom may be coated with different grades of abrading material, for use as required.

From the above description it is obvious that the essential feature of my invention con sists in combining the chalking and abrading materia-ls together Without the use of any holder for either, except what is furnished by the other, as by my mode of combining the two each is rendered more convenient for use by its union with the other, the chalk serving as ahandle for the sand-paper as much as the latter serves to support the chalk when in use.

I am aware that chalk and sand-paper have been combined in a box with apertures for inserting the one in contact with either, and I do not, therefore, claim combining the two elements, except as described herein, by securing the two together without any extraneous holder; but as the two elements-the chalk and abradin g material-may be thus combined by securing the sand, emery, or other grit directly to the surface of the chalk by glue or other cement, I do not limit myself expressly to the use of paperor cloth as a means of applying the grit to the chalk, although I 0011- sider-such method preferable.

I therefore claim as my invention as follows:

1. The billiard-cue chalk-block consisting of the chalk proper, A, and the gritty portion B, permanently secured together, and adapted to be used as and for the purposes set forth. a 2. The billiard-cue chalk-block consisting of the chalk A and the abrading portion B, permanently secured together and formed with the depression 0, as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto subscribe my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. 'FAUTZ.

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